| Parliament of Montenegro | |
| Native Name: | Skupština Crne Gore |
| Transcription Name: | Скупштина Црне Горе |
| Legislature: | 12th Parliament |
| Coa Pic: | Parliament of Montenegro logo.png |
| Coa Res: | 300px |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Session Room: | Skupština.JPG |
| Session Res: | 300px |
| Leader1 Type: | President |
| Leader1: | Andrija Mandić |
| Election1: | 30 October 2023 |
| Party1: | NSD |
| Leader2 Type: | First Vice President |
| Leader2: | Boris Pejović |
| Party2: | PES |
| Election2: | 30 October 2023 |
| Leader3 Type: | Second Vice President |
| Leader3: | Zdenka Popović |
| Party3: | DCG |
| Election3: | 30 October 2023 |
| Structure1: | Montenegro Parliament 2023 (parties).svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 300px |
| Structure1 Alt: | Current structure of the Montenegrin Parliament |
| Political Groups1: | Government (49) Government support (5) Opposition (27) |
| Voting System1: | Proportional representation under the D'Hondt method |
| Members: | 81 |
| Last Election1: | 11 June 2023 |
| Meeting Place: | House of the Assembly, Boulevard of Saint Peter of Cetinje, Podgorica |
| Website: | www.skupstina.me |
The Parliament of Montenegro (Skupština Crne Gore / Скупштина Црне Горе) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 independence referendum, the Parliament declared and ratified the independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006. Members of the Parliament are elected using proportional representation.
The Parliament of Montenegro was initially established by the Constitution of the Principality of Montenegro in 1905 and was called the Popular Assembly (Narodna skupština). It had a limited legislative role, limited by the authority of the Knjaz (Prince). The first parliament was constituted in 1906.[1] Following the incorporation of the Kingdom of Montenegro into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, the Parliament of Montenegro was disbanded until World War II. The Parliament was reinstated in 1944, in the form of the Montenegrin Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation (CASNO), which changed its name to the Montenegrin National Assembly, and later the National Assembly. This lasted until 1946, when a new Assembly was elected for the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, a constituent republic within the SFR Yugoslavia. The current parliament is the 23rd since the foundation of the Parliament.[2]
The Parliament appoints the Prime Minister nominated by the President, as well as the ministers chosen by the Prime Minister. Parliament also passes all laws in Montenegro, ratifies international treaties, appoints justices of all courts, adopts the budget and performs other duties as established by the Constitution. The Parliament can pass a vote of no-confidence in the Government with a majority of the members.
A deputy has a four-year term. One deputy is elected per 6,000 voters, which in turn results in a change of total number of deputies in the parliament. Current assembly convening comprises 81 deputies.
The Parliament has 81 members (deputies) elected by a D'Hondt method system of proportional representation for a four-year term.
The 81 seats of the Parliament of Montenegro are elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed list proportional representation. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with a three percent electoral threshold. Minority groups that account for up to 15 percent of the population are given an exemption that lowers the electoral threshold to 0.7 percent if their list fails to cross the three percent threshold. For ethnic Croats, if no list representing the population passes the 0.7 percent threshold, the list with the most votes will win one seat if it receives more than 0.35 percent of the vote.[3]
See main article: 2023 Montenegrin parliamentary election.